PAKISTANS STRATEGIC INSUFFICIENCY AS A DILEMMA FOR THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).02      10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).02      Published : Dec 2017
Authored by : HikmatShahAfridi , ShabanaKhan , SobiaJamil

02 Pages : 13-26

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    APA : Afridi, H. S., Khan, S., & Jamil, S. (2017). Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration. Global Political Review, II(I), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).02
    CHICAGO : Afridi, Hikmat Shah, Shabana Khan, and Sobia Jamil. 2017. "Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration." Global Political Review, II (I): 13-26 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).02
    HARVARD : AFRIDI, H. S., KHAN, S. & JAMIL, S. 2017. Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration. Global Political Review, II, 13-26.
    MHRA : Afridi, Hikmat Shah, Shabana Khan, and Sobia Jamil. 2017. "Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration." Global Political Review, II: 13-26
    MLA : Afridi, Hikmat Shah, Shabana Khan, and Sobia Jamil. "Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration." Global Political Review, II.I (2017): 13-26 Print.
    OXFORD : Afridi, Hikmat Shah, Khan, Shabana, and Jamil, Sobia (2017), "Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration", Global Political Review, II (I), 13-26
    TURABIAN : Afridi, Hikmat Shah, Shabana Khan, and Sobia Jamil. "Pakistan's Strategic Insufficiency as a Dilemma for the Regional Integration." Global Political Review II, no. I (2017): 13-26. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).02